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About Love by Anton Chekhov
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Widely considered to be one of greatest ever writers of the form, Anton Chekhov's short stories offer unforgettable character, crystalline expression, and a beautiful, quiet uncertainty. Collected here are five of his very best tales- 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'The House with the Mezzanine', and t ...Show more
Chekhov: Stories for Our Time by Anton Chekhov; Boris Fishman (Introduction by); Matt McCann (Illustrator); Constance Garnett (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Restless Classics Ser.
The Restless Classics edition of Chekhov: Stories for Our Time presents a must-have collection by the great Russian author who captured humanity in all its complexity, and reintroduces Chekhov as a funny, playful, deeply human, and thoroughly modern writer. The great 19th-century Russian author and ...Show more
Country Scandal Platonov by Chekhov Anton
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Category: General Fiction | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
A Russian version of Don Juan is the focus of Chekhov's first play, a farce in which a newly arrived schoolmaster proves irresistible to the bored women of a provincial community. Platonov's charm lies in his novelty, and his seductions are strictly passive as a libidinous widow, her idealistic stepdaug ...Show more
Fifty-Two Stories by Anton Chekhov
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Category: General Fiction
Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now renowned translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their superb renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories. These stories, which span the full arc of his career, rev ...Show more
Fifty-Two Stories by Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
$26.99 AUD
Category: Classics
'This beautifully produced edition collects, in chronological order, fifty-two of Anton Chekhov's short stories written between 1883 and 1898. It is a 'full deck', intended to reflect the diversity and inventiveness of the author's lesser-known fiction ... compelling and even graceful' The Times Literar ...Show more
In the Ravine & Other Stories (Macmillan Colllector's Library) by Anton Chekhov
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Anton Chekhov was one of the world's most accomplished short-story writers and this collection displays the breadth and variety of his genius. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful boo ...Show more
The Death of a Civil Servant by Anton Chekhov
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Category: General Fiction | Series: Alma Quirky Classics
In 'The Death of a Civil Servant', an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this volume, 'A Calculated Marriage', 'The Culprit', 'The Excl ...Show more
The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov; Hugh Aplin (Translator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task - an ailing, world-weary "nobody" - seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impendin ...Show more